SAS Senior Anaie Almonor had the honor of meeting and talking with Claudia Gordon at the opening ceremony of "Weaving the Lives of Women" event held at Miami Dade College North Campus on March 5, 2015.

The "F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Team, Agents of SA³S", has just received a generous donation from NASA. After countless hours spent completing the application and meeting the requirements for the grant, the team was presented with $6,500 to cover registration costs for the FRC Regional competition.

Nicole Matamala, SAS Class of 2013, and now attending Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was recently recognized as one of the key members of the CMU International Genetically Engineered Machine (Igem) team.

Nicholas has a 5.93 weighted GPA and is enrolled in dual enrollment classes at Miami Dade College. He has consistently been recognized on the Principal’s Honor Roll, is President of the SAS chapter of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society member, and was elected Vice President of his SAS junior class.

The Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program kicked-off its eighteenth year of mentoring at-risk high school girls in Miami-Dade County last month at DB Bistro Moderne located at the J.W. Marriott Marquis in Downtown Miami.

SAS Principal Dr. Omar Monteagudo and the SAS counselors met a group of 48 SAS students at 3:00 am Monday morning, November 3 to take a flight on Southwest Airlines to Raleigh, North Carolina to begin a tour of seven top tier universities.

QuestBridge Scholars, a program that matches talented high school seniors with admission and full scholarships to top colleges and universities, announced this week that 20 students at the School for Advanced Studies have been selected as Finalists.

School for Advanced Studies (SAS) seniors Justin Shillingford and Johanna Smith-Palliser have been selected for the MIT Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering (WISE), which will take place next month at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts.

Angela Ortiz, a senior at School for Advanced Studies, has been chosen as one of only 100 students from around the United States to participate in a weekend immersion program at Amherst College (October 18-20).

Experience is what the Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) is all about. TOP seeks to find the best and most qualified K-12 social studies educators in the United States and Canada and give them the opportunity to experience Modern Germany in the most dramatic way possible: in person.

School Board Member Carlos Curbelo with SAS Kendall rising seniors Samantha Baste and Nick Nava, and SAS Assistant Principal Ms. Mechi Anaut. Samantha was honored by Mr. Curbelo for outstanding academic work this year and Nick was recognized for his extraordinary community service leadership.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez honored SAS Kendall junior Naveed Lalani as the May 2014 Shining Scholar "Emerging Leader" at the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

MDCPS School Board Vice Chair Dr. Larry Feldman and School Board Member Dr. Martin Karp are surrounded in the photo by Women of Tomorrow Club Members from each of the four SAS sites (Homestead, Kendall, North, and Wolfson).

District and South Region staff of Miami-Dade County Public Schools joined MDCPS Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and School Board Vice Chair Dr. Larry Feldman in honoring the 2014 Silver Knight nominees from SAS Homestead on April 29, 2014.

MDCPS South Region and District administrators joined MDCPS Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, SAS Principal Dr. Omar Monteagudo, and School Board Member Dr. Larry Feldman on April 29, 2014 to recognize SAS Homestead students Elisa Cristino and Jennifer Mejias for their excellent academic work during the 2013-2014 school year.

School for Advanced Studies (SAS) senior Amanda Brown was recognized by the Vice President of the United States Joe Biden and SAS Homestead Campus President Dr. Jeanne Jacobs at the Miami Dade College (MDC) Homestead graduation ceremony on May 3 as the 2014 MDC Board of Trustees Scholarship winner for MDC Homestead Campus.

The accolades for students at MDC's School of Advanced Studies (SAS) continue to roll in. The latest wave includes 11 SAS seniors across four MDC campuses who have tallied awards in hotly contested nationwide scholarship contests.

On Monday, March 10, 2014, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and United Way held a brunch at the Hilton Hotel on Biscayne Boulevard to honor each school that met or exceeded their United Way student fundraising goals for 2014.

School for Advanced Studies (SAS) Senior Christy Charnel was recognized as a "Shining Scholar" at the February 19, 2014 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Miami-Dade County. Christy was honored as the "Pursuer of Excellence" for her work in the community and her outstanding academic record.

On Saturday January 25, 2014, SAS and AAA participated in the annual District SECME Competition along with many other high schools from Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS). This is an annual event sponsored by MDCPS and was held at Miami Dade College North Campus this year.

The Miami-Dade County District Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Medal Winners were announced on January 22 and School for Advanced Studies (SAS) did quite well in their first year of participation in the FBLA competition.

The SAS Alpha Team placed First and the SAS Omega Team placed Second at the 2014 Black History and Culture Regional Brain Bowl Competition that was held on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Florida International University (FIU) Biscayne Bay Campus.

The School for Advanced Studies "We the People" (WTP) team , representing Florida's 26th Congressional District, took First Place in the January 10, 2014 WTP state competition at the Barry University School of Law in Orlando, Florida.

State Senator Anitere Flores visited six classes at School for Advanced Studies Kendall Campus in the afternoon of December 2, 2013 and was accompanied by SAS Principal Dr. Omar Monteagudo and Miami Dade College (MDC) Kendall Campus President Dr. Lourdes Oroza.

The 2012-2013 Florida Public School ACT Score Averages have been released and School for Advanced Studies (SAS) Wolfson Campus had the highest composite ACT score of any high school in South Florida and was second for the whole state of Florida.

Melissa Green, who graduated from SAS North in the Class of 2009, has now graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and was recently featured in the Cornell Newsletter as one of the top students in the Cornell Class of 2013.

School for Advanced Studies (SAS) North Campus senior Alejandro Frometa was the Constitution Day High School Essay Contest winner and was honored on September 17, 2013 at the Freedom Tower of Miami Dade College (MDC).

The Moot Court team at School for Advanced Studies (SAS) Kendall Campus comprised of seniors Lisset Pino and Jennifer Mosquera was selected today as the winner of the Third District Court of Appeals 2013 Moot Court competition.

The 2013 Scholastic Writing Awards for the Miami area were announced on February 7 and Hallee Meltzer, Andrea Villa, and Haley Zilberberg from School for Advanced Studies (SAS) along with Christopher Leesang of the Academy for Advanced Academics (AAA) are being recognized for Silver Key Awards due to their exceptional works in creative writing.

The QuestBridge National College Match helps outstanding high school seniors in the United States gain admission to some of the nation's most selective colleges on a full four year all expenses paid scholarship.

Halle Meltzer, a high school senior who attends the School for Advanced Studies at Miami-Dade College, has been honored with the President's Volunteer Service Award, a national honor for those who inspire others to engage in volunteer service.

SAS Kendall students Lisset Pino and Jennifer Mosquera have been named as the 2012 Third District Court of Appeals Moot Court winners and will leave on May 10, 2012 for the state competition in Tallahassee.

SAS Wolfson student Anastassia Bobokalonova and SAS North graduate Wendy Edmond are featured in the February 2012 issue of the Miami Dade College Forum Magazine. School for Advanced Studies is recognized in the article for its many achievements as well.

SAS Model UN Club under the leadership of Dr. Derrick Johnson participated in the Global Classrooms Miami 2012 competition at Miami Dade College North Campus and brought home the honor of receiving Best Delegates for the General Assembly. Regina Monge and Patricio Ziliani were recognized for this achievement.

SAS Kendall student Jennifer Cernada receives proclamation from School Board Member Carlos Curbelo at the February 2012 meeting of the MDCPS School Board in recognition of her QuestBridge Scholarship to attend Rice University after high school graduation in June of 2012.

School for Advanced Studies is prominently featured in an article by reporter Laura Isensee in the Saturday, February 11, 2012 edition of the Miami Herald. Ms. Isensee visited the SAS Kendall Campus and interviewed Counselor Donna Bray and many SAS students to research how high school students experience their academic life on a college campus.

SAS Homestead students participate in the 2011 International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 17, 2011 with their AP English teacher Ms. Adrienne Pedroso and SAS Homestead Secretary Ms. Elisa Rivas. The SAS Homestead Environmental Club enjoyed their Saturday helping to clean up the Black Point Marina.

In an effort to expand opportunities for its STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) students, Miami Dade College (MDC) and the University of Florida (UF) have announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding.

Student orientation has been scheduled for all five campuses of SAS/AAA starting on August 16, 2010. These orientations are designed to provide students information regarding transportation, parking decals, book vouchers, policies and procedures, first week schedule, homeroom assignments and obtaining Miami Dade College/FIU student identification card.

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